New Jersey Highlands art reception set for June 6
Denville. The exhibit will feature a mix of photography, paintings, focused on the landscapes, flora, fauna and historic and cultural resources of the four-state Highlands region, with particular emphasis on the New Jersey Highlands.
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| 27 May 2021 | 10:34
A Blue heron on the bank of the South Branch of the Raritan River at Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Preserve in Hunterdon County. By Charles Dexter.
The Beaver Brook from Jonathan's Woods by David Landry.
Swan on Greenwood Lake by Patricia Quirk.
The seventh annual Highlands Juried Art and Photography Exhibit Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, June 6, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Let’s Create Art Studio, 106 Broadway in Denville, N.J.
The exhibit will feature a mix of photography, paintings, focused on the landscapes, flora, fauna and historic and cultural resources of the four-state Highlands region, with particular emphasis on the New Jersey Highlands.
The audience is expected to include prominent local and regional artists, gallery owners, community leader, including the N.J. Highlands Coalition.
The program will include a festive atmosphere, awards announcements, community leaders and stunning art.
The event is organized by New Jersey photographer and Coalition board member Dwight Hiscano, Donna Compton, owner of NeoArt Gallery in Boonton, and the staff of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition, and juried by a panel of prominent local artists and gallery owners.
Check out the virtual exhibit
The annual Highlands exhibit offers artists an opportunity to have their work shown while reaching a wide audience.
A virtual exhibit featuring all of this year’s artists is on display on the NeoArt website (https://neoart.gallery/) and a selection of images was recently featured in Skylands Visitor, a popular magazine with a combined online viewership and print circulation of 50,000, promoting outdoor recreation and tourism in the Highlands region and beyond in northern New Jersey (www.njskylands.com/).
About the NJ Highlands Coalition
Through events such as the Highlands art exhibit, the New Jersey Highlands Coalition promotes awareness about the beauty, and cultural and natural resources of the N.J. Highlands region.
As a nonprofit organization in Boonton, the New Jersey Highlands Coalition works to protect, restore and enhance the water and other natural and cultural resources of New Jersey’s Highlands, now and for the future.
Essentials
The New Jersey Highlands region encompasses 88 municipalities in Bergen, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties.
The region’s natural resources are protected under the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, enacted because 6.2 million state residents depend on the Highlands for drinking water.
For more information on the NJ Highlands Coalition or to become a member, visit the organization’s website: www.njhighlandscoalition.org/